To my knowledge, Panda is heuristic, but AVG depends on daily downloads
of specific virus signatures. If your AVG definitions are out of date,
it will not detect a brand new offender, whereas Panda's design (claims
to) detect viruses by their behavior.
Mike
Richard P. wrote:
This morning, AVG scan found what it says is a trojan horse downloader.
When I asked for more details, it said it didn't exist in its database.
I went ahead and healed it but wonder what it is and whether or not it
is a false positive.
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